imperfection
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French imperfeccion, see im- + perfection.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]imperfection (countable and uncountable, plural imperfections)
- (uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
- You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.
- 1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Journey Across”, in The Lost Girl, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 325:
- And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent.
- (countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.
- He loves me despite my imperfections.
- 1712 January 11 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “MONDAY, December 31, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 262; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 308:
- It will be sufficient for me if I discover many beauties or imperfections which others have not attended to; and I should be very glad to see one of our eminent writers publish their discoveries on the same subject.
- 1982, Alan Holden, Phylis Morrison, “Cleaving and Gliding Crystals”, in Crystals and Crystal Growing, Cambridge, Mass., London: MIT Press, →ISBN, page 202:
- Notice that cleavage has nothing to do with imperfections in the crystal. Indeed, if you try cleaving an imperfect crystal, you may find that it cannot be cleaved as well as a perfect one. The cleavage is the result of the orderliness of the atomic arrangement. No wonder imperfections, which disturb the orderliness, disturb the cleavage as well. You will also note that the cleavage directions are obedient to the symmetry of the crystal.
Synonyms
[edit]- (quality of being imperfect): corruption
- (something that prevents perfection): fault, flaw, mark, problem, weakness
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “quality of being imperfect”): flawlessness, perfection
Translations
[edit]state of being imperfect
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something that makes something else less than perfect
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin imperfectiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]imperfection f (plural imperfections)
Further reading
[edit]- “imperfection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]imperfection f (plural imperfections)
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